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“It is not conceivable to imagine a conflict where the Kurdish people would be the opposing party.”

“Concerning the Kurds, the Kurdish people, they should be persuaded… that we are concerned of their future as much as themselves, concerned of their future, their safety, and their stability, concerned that they could take part in the construction of the Iraqi society.”

Georges Bush ? Al Jaffari ? A sunni leader convinced of Arab-Kurds brotherhood ?

No, only Saddam Husein, in 1973, during the debate about the project of the Authonomy Law for Kurdistan… before the process failed because of Kirkuk issue.

That is perhaps the reason why Kurds should be always defiant when other nations pretend to care of their future…

The Kurdish Referendum Movement (a referendum for an independant Kurdistan) does not seem to be liked by the Kurdish Democratic Party… Amnesty International has started a campaign concerning the lawyer Kamal Sayid Qadir, “rapted” according the NGO in Hewlêr, by KDP forces.
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One year ago this error signal was sent from Kurdistan to the world

“Error 013 Northern Iraq is invalid . please update your brain it is Southern Kurdistan.”

hoping to be seen by the world, at the first day our site was in the 15th page of Google result index, but today, after one year it is in the first page of Google result page, and hundred of thousands of people have read Kurdistan’s message.
Read this post, if you want to know more about Google Bomb and how it works (more…)

Thirsday 1er December in the French Parliament, an International Conference was organized about “Kurdish Question in Syria”. Until nowadays, a lot of conferences had been organized concerning the Kurdish Question in the Middle-East. But these conferences were essentially focused on the 2 biggest pieces of the Kurdish Question : Kurds in Turkey and in Iraq. As far as I know, it was the first time that a such debate was only devoted to these 2 millions Kurds living in Syria, which, in spite of their few number (if we compare them with their compatriots from neighboured states), are concerned by two specific political issues : The general fate of Kurds in the Middle-East, and the situation and problems of which face only Kurds in Syria.
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Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government has for a long time now, been using very many different motives for their stamps. All marked with “Iraqi Kurdistan Region”. But a special set of stamps, among all those beautiful designs, caught my attention. In this set – we see Kurdish clothes on men and women:

It is easy to see that the stamps, for one, are old – but besides this – the clothes are those of the Badîn Province of South Kurdistan – and make up a part of the Kurmancî style of clothings, Kiras û Fîstan.

But what is more interesting than the set of purely Kurdish clothes, is the set of Kurdistani clothes on men and women:

Here we see, from left to right:

Kurmancî style, Êzidî style, Feîlî/Shebek style – all part of Kurdish clothing styles and last but not least on the far right hand we see clothings in Ashûrî style. All these are part of the Kurdistani culture.

I was very amused and even happy to see this set of stamps. Likewise I hope it amuses you and spreads the message which the KRG for so long has been trying to send – there is UNITY among Kurdistanîs – they are all part of a Kurdistani culture. Diversity is rarely as celebrated as it is in Kurdistan. For thousands of years there has been a sense of co-existence in Kurdistan among Kurds and Assyrians.

May it last for thousands more…

Hathra, 80 km in the South-west of Mosul

These pictures are not gore not so violent, but if you are very very sensitive, warning…

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In Turkish media, according to M. A. Birand, of the Turkish Daily News, that “These Europeans are constantly sending delegations to Turkey to stir up things. Why didn’t we utilize the chance to send a delegation to France when they were in trouble? Why didn’t we incite things in France?”

Good point, of course :).

But we should admit, if we except the 2 accidental deaths from which started the riots and the 2 personnes killed by rioters and not by policemen, demonstrations in France are less bloody than in Hakkari. French people are “amatör”.

Saturday 12th, in the Institute was presented the Livre noir de Saddam Hussein, a collective work directed by Chris Kutschera, which aims to be a book of references and an assessment. It could be used to as an indicment against 35 years of reign of the bloodiest dictator of the Middle East, as well as an analysis of the reasons which made that all the Western countries, the Arab countries and others, have supported a totalitarian government which made 2 million victims.
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Or Hello and welcome to all the Kurdistanî and friends of Kurdistan !

I am very glad to announce the starting of Roj Bash-blog.

This blog gathers many users from all horizons, all origins (Kurdish or not), and I guess with various points of view. So we like, in that way, present a wide panorama of Kurdish sensibilities, and our different analysis about the Kurdish Question in all the parts of Kurdish lands.

We have added a special section to talk about news and events in the Diaspora. For, unfortunately, the tragic History of Kurdistan has created an important community of Kurds out of of their land, and the politic destiny of Kurdistan is still often decided or influenced in the capitals of Western countries.

Roj Bash blog has still got a forum where everybody is invited to express freely. There, we speak not only about the Kurdish policy, butin a larger way, about the Middle-East policy, and some news of all the world and in in a larger larger way of culture, Kurdish language, etc.

Roj Bash blog is issued from the Northern Iraq Project. This ironic way to call “Kurdistan” and its logo reflect the tune that we like to give in the project : serious topics don’t prevent jokes and humour about the current situation of Kurds. In fact, humour has had always been the best way to survive when you are in trouble… So we refuse too platitudes and clichés about the Kurdish questions. We shall criticize freely all kinds of power, states and parties if it is necessary, for the best way to make you understand the complexity of Kurdistan is not to give a soft and smooth image of the country… A sharp analysis would be always better than a soothing paper…

Another important point : Roj Bash has no official political line (except it is fond of Kurdistan). We don’t care to be congratulated by a leader or a state. Each authors will post its own opinions in an absolute freedom of expression, and only under his or her name. For that reason you could read, sometimes, some contradictory ideas concerning the same issues : Roj Bash-Northern Iraq wants to be a free platform of debate…

Step by step we are going to improve the project, add links, other sections, etc. Any kind of advices, askings and suggestions are welcome.

Then Bijî Roj Bash Kurdistan ! Long live to Roj Bash Kurdistan !

Piling and Roj Bash Team.